WAMP Server V 2.5 icon is orange,does not respond and no menu

Question

I have Windows 7 32 bit and wanted to work on wordpress to host my own page but to do that I got virtual server WAMP Server V 2.5 and after installing it, icon in taskbar wa

Answer 1

I had also that problem, there might be another program running on the same ports, I know skype can be difficult to run with wamp and xammp servers.

Check out if something else is running on same ports and turn skype off = the fix :))

edit: netstat -a -b will show all listening ports and the executable name If you prefer a graphical version, Microsoft's TCPView will show you the same information, updating in real-time.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx

if you have other programmes running on the same ports you will have to change the ports of your virtual server.